Comments on Adventures in Dressmaking: Sewing Circle: A simple double-breasted jacket

What about a chef's jacket pattern? The const...

2012-01-25T07:56:27.513-08:00

What about a chef's jacket pattern? The constuction is very similar and you could use McCalls 2233 and leave off the mandarin collar.

Matching stripes on princess seams shouldn't b...

2012-01-19T07:18:45.256-08:00

Matching stripes on princess seams shouldn't be too hard if you use this method: http://www.coletterie.com/tutorials-tips-tricks/tutorial-how-to-match-plaids-and-stripes Right?

How about this one for the one on the bottom left?...

2012-01-18T10:49:21.963-08:00

How about this one for the one on the bottom left? http://www.simplicity.com/p-5380-misses-miss-petite-coats.aspx

These are some really great suggestions. A double-...

2012-01-18T08:05:33.889-08:00

These are some really great suggestions. A double-breasted jacket has been on my sewing to-do list for the longest time now. It's such a great classic item to have in your closet. Personally, I love the shapes and silhouettes that came from that Simplicity Project Runway pattern above. They are a little more modern and unique.

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That's right, @Steph, good call! It is possib...

2012-01-18T07:50:11.342-08:00

That's right, @Steph, good call! It is possible to use a single-breasted pattern if you can't find double, but make sure to "find your center"!

Great ideas--but you need to be careful working wi...

2012-01-18T07:39:32.982-08:00

Great ideas--but you need to be careful working with a single-breasted pattern and trying to make it a double-breasted. In a true double-breasted jacket or coat, the buttons fall on either side of center front. So with a single-breasted pattern, you'd first have to shift the original button placement to the right and extend both sides of center front, thus creating a double-breasted overlap.

I immediately thought about simplicity 6006 (View ...

2012-01-18T06:27:33.883-08:00

I immediately thought about simplicity 6006 (View C) as it is double-breasted. It's a coat, but making it shorter shouldn't be a big issue. The only contra is that it has princess seams.